A man accused of killing his wife detailed the crime in a 911 call, investigators said.

Orange County detectives said Gullermo Cardona, 44, called 911 to report the death of his 25-year-old wife, Jennifer, after the two had a violent physical fight.

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Last week, the woman laid down in the bedroom of a home on Old Dominion Drive, where detectives said Cardona repeatedly kicked her in the stomach. She never woke up after the beating.

"What makes you think she's dead?" the 911 dispatcher asked.

"Because we got in a fight. I was (inaudible), and I was punching her and kicking her and she said her stomach was hurting so I told her to go to sleep and that she'll feel better when she got up," Cardona said. "I fell asleep waiting for her to get up, and when I did she was bruised and wasn't breathing and she wasn't alive."

Officials said Jennifer Cardona died of blunt force trauma to the stomach.

Cardona told the operator that he and his wife had been fighting for about two or three weeks.

Cardona faces murder charges and is being held at the Orange County Jail. The couple had a young child.

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